Today I did an itty-bitty trail run following strict doctor’s orders: fifteen minutes maximum; alternate running with walking; stop at the faintest niggle of discomfort. All went well and I’m hoping that after I manage three of these in a row, pain-free, I’ll slowly return to regular running following a six-week prescribed break. If not, […]
During an early February walk in the Chugach Front Range, a skier said to me while passing, “Hey, I like your writing. I’ve enjoyed your articles for forty years.” I naturally thanked the skier for his appreciation of my work. But his comments also prompted me to do some mental calculations. It turns out that
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Watch a recording of this event: READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: SETH KANTNER Recorded: Thursday, February 17 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM via Zoom Bio: Seth Kantner was born and raised in northern Alaska and has worked as a trapper, wilderness guide, wildlife photographer, gardening teacher, and adjunct professor. His writing has appeared in The
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Along the Kobuk River in the early 1970’s books were rare. People shared what they had, and a few stray paperbacks got beat up and tattered as they were hauled to camps and in the load on dog sleds. I remember Don Williams bringing a “new” Louie L’amour western downriver one spring, in his plank
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Allison Silverman has written for some of the greatest satiric minds of television: Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Cecily Strong, Tina Fey. When she was in college she would watch comedy onstage and make a note whenever a status shift occurred. “Status informs all humor,” she maintains. So, what is a status shift? Consider a toddler.
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I’m sitting in the parking lot of the local public pool, reading and drinking lukewarm coffee, knowing my bladder won’t let me fully relax, watching the clock and feeling the pain in my lower back from this unhealthy sitting position. The lap lanes close at 2:00. I need precisely one hour to do my workout
Watch a recording of this event: Recorded: Friday, January 21 2022 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM via Zoom Bio: Rich Chiappone is the author of three collections of stories and/or essays published in national magazines including Alaska Magazine, Gray’s Sporting Journal, the Sun, and others; and in literaries including Catamaran Literary Reader, Fiction Southeast,
The Opposite Of Trust: A Cold War Novel Of Passion And Betrayal by Rodger Carlyle Every night Ellen would sit on the rickety picnic table next to Wolf Lake, letting the aurora temporarily fill some empty spot. Some nights she could imagine her body converted to electrons dancing across the sky with the aurora taking
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Watch a recording of this event: Recorded: Thursday, December 9 2021 | 6 PM – 7 PM via Zoom Join us as members of Dan Branch’s Juneau writing group read passages of his astute and funny memoir of his time as a new lawyer and Vista volunteer along the Kuskokwim River to the shores of
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Watch a recording of this event: Recorded: Thursday, January 13 2022 | 6 PM – 7 PM via Zoom Let’s jump start our creative process for 2022 with an informal workshop on writing practice, discipline and inspiration. It’s been a tough year, so let’s make the next one a little better. Bio: Heather Lende is
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